Margaret Mary Fronczak of Milford was charged with failure to stop at the scene of a serious injury accident for the crash that injured Kara Duquet, who was riding home after finishing work at Terry's Terrace nearby. The offense is punishable by up to five years in prison.

Margaret Mary Fronczak was charged with failure to stop at the scene of a serious injury accident for the crash that injured Kara Duquet, who was riding home after finishing work at Terry's Terrace nearby. The offense is punishable by up to five years in prison.

Fronczak faced an interim bond hearing Saturday morning in front of a judge or magistrate at the Macomb County Jail in Mount Clemens and is expected to be formally charged Monday in 41B District Court in Clinton Township.

She was arrested Friday after investigators discovered damage to her 2006 Toyota Corolla in the front passenger area matched damage to the car that struck Duquet last Saturday night on Jefferson Avenue near Crocker Boulevard. The suspect vehicle, which was traveling north, was described as black and likely a Corolla.

Advertisement

An insurance adjuster at a Milford collision shop noticed the damage to the Corolla and contacted police.

Wickersham said Fronczak took the car to the shop Monday.

"On the 18th she dropped off the vehicle, claimed it got hit in the parking lot and didn't make a police report or insurance claim, was going to pay cash and asked how fast this could get fixed," he said.

Once arrested, Fronczak "made admissions that she was driving the vehicle that night," Wickersham said.

Duquet suffered fractures all over her body and is in serious stable condition at McClaren Macomb hospital in Mount Clemens, where she is expected to remain for two months.

A fundraiser is being held for her from noon to 5 p.m. today at Wilson Marine store, 36355 Jefferson, near Crocker, across from Terry's Terrace.

Online donations can be made to Christian Financial Credit Union at christianfinancialcu.com. Click on "gift deposit" and key in "Kara." Checks may be addressed to the Kara Duquet Recovery Fund, 18441 Utica Road, Roseville, MI, 48066.